Vacuum cleaner chest



Oct. 31, 1950 J. sERwlN VACUUM CLEANER CHESTv Filed Oct. 6, 1948 W25 EL 24 m im -m INVENTOR. JOHN SEIQW/N LJWJL..

Patented Oct. 31, 1950 ,asfaazfiel VACUUM oLEANnoHsTf John serwin,Clifton.NQJ. f Applicata-m loctober s, 1948,.'s'ria1`No. 53,096

YThis l'invention relates to a vacuum lcleaner chestl designed to store the cleaner, eXible hose, and other accessories.

Up to the present, the numerous accessories forming a part of the vacuum cleaner equipment have been lost or misplaced primarily due to the lack of proper provision for storage. Moreover,

the cleaner itself has presented a storage prob`V lembf no small magnitude and is frequently left in exposed positions to the detriment of the reasonable life span that may be expected from the averagevacuum cleaner.

` It is an object of the instant invention to `pr0` vide `a chestor container that will house the vacuum cleaner, hose, and other accessories under one cover. Y y i A further object is to provide a vacuum cleaner chest that is readily cleaned. l p

Still another object is the creation'of a vacuum cleaner chest that may be quickly transported from point to point.

f It is also. an object of the instant invention to,V

provide a vacuumcleaner chest'that can be easily stored when outof use.

Other objects of the instant invention will becomewapparent in the course of the following specification.

In the accomplishment of these objectives, a chest is formed inthe usual manner and dimenn sioned in accordance with the type of vacuum cleaner to be housed. The lid of the chest is recessed on the inside so that a suitable space is provided for the removable insertion of the ilexible hose. On the inside, the chest is longitudinally partitioned to make a separate space at the' front for housing the vacuum cleaner. At the back, the space remaining over from the front compartment is further divided yinto separate compartments in which the partitions are biased .downwardly from the top to the bottom to provide suitable storage space for the accessories of such varied shape asnormally supplied with vacuum cleaners. All partitions may be spaced from the bottom of the chest to facilitate cleaning. vMeans for maintaining the lid in the closed position and handle means for transporting the chest may be provided.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanyingrjdrawing showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In thev drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the vacuum cleaner chest with the lid open and con- 101mm. (C1. 20s- 16) j invention. Y Y

VFigure 2 is a plan view of the top of the vacuumA cleaner chest shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 3-`3 of Figure 1. v

Figure i4 is an end elevational View Vof the vaccuum cleaner chest shown in Figure l with thel lid 'shown in closed position.

Figure 5 is a front elevational View of the vacuum cleaner chest shown in Figure l with the lid' shown in closedposition.v v ',Referring now in greater detail' to the drawings inA which` like reference Ynumerals indicate like( parts,referencenumeral IB indicates the chest. II `the lid. or cover member, I2 (Fig. 2) the front compartment, and I3 (Fig. 2) the back vcompart-V ment which are separated by the longitudinally disposed partition member I4 (Figs. 1 and 2).

The chest ID is made from any suitable material and is formed. with the spaced parallel end members I,5and I6, back member I1 spaced par.-v allel with the front member I8, and base member ing edges in anyknown manner.

y'In'he lid orcoverlmember I Il is hinged along I9, the members being joined along correspondthe upper edge of the .spaced parallel back mem` ber I 'l by any suitable means 2li.'V As most clearlyf shown in Figure 3, the lid I I is recessed'and for the purpose of providing storage space for the ilexible hose 2|. The flexible hose 2| being of relatively light weight is especially adapted for storage in the lid II and is held removable in place by the spaced parallel slats 22 and 23 over the inside surface portions of which it may be readily inserted and removed. The lid II is fur- Vther provided with a latch 24 coacting with a keeper 25 to maintain the lid I I in the closed position and thus permit storage of the chest in a number of different positions to facilitate the diverse accommodations of the many types of owners. Any suitable handle means 26 are attached to the spaced parallel end members I5 and I6 by any known means. Obviously, other types of handle members could be used.

The interior of the chest IU is longitudinally divided by the partition member I4 into the front compartment I2 which is designed for the storage of the vacuum cleaner and which may be made in any size and shape in accordance with the design of the vacuum cleaner.

I4 is secured between the spaced parallel end members I5 and I6 on the inside but does not extend all the way downwardly to the base member I9 as shown in Figure 1. This type of construcstructed in accordance with the principles of this;

The partition member y tion has been found to greatly facilitate cleaning the interior of the chest I0.

The back comparment I3 formed by the partition member I4 is further divided into a number of smaller compartments 21, 28, and the like which are made with the downwardly extended subpartition members 29, 30, 3I, and 32 which, it will be noted especially in Figure 1, are disposed at an angle'tothe plane of the base I9 but like the partition member I4 fall short of actually reachingl said base in order to further facilitate the internal cleaning operation of the chest IIl.

the cover member being recessed, at least one The positioning of the subpartition members will.

vary in accordance with the design of the accessories to be housed and it has been found that the storage of the various parts is greatly facilitated by this special design of the compartment. Any suitable means may be used for attaching the subpartition members between the inside surface partition of the spaced parallel back member I1 andrpreviously mentioned partition member I4.

The operation is as follows: Assuming that all the parts have been removed from the chest I andfit is desired to store the equipment for the next operation, the flexible hose 2| is disconnected from the vacuum cleaner and inserted above the slats 22 and 23 which is accomplished by winding the hose around and around until it assumesthe position shown in Figure 1. The

Vvacuum cleaner is then inserted in the front compartment I2. Of course, the size and shape of the compartment will depend upon the design of the particular vacuum cleaner to be housed.Y The accessories are then placed inthe subcompartments 2l and 28 which have been especially designed with the biased subpartition members 29, 3D, and the like to house the particular accessory or accessories. The lid or cover member Il is then closed and secured by the latch 24 coasting with the keeper 25 and the chest I0 is ready for storage in any suitable location With the many vital, parts of the equipment thoroughly secured against loss whereby the usefulness of the device is so frequently impaired.

, It is apparent `that the specic illustration shown has been given by way of illustration and not byY way of limitation and that the structure above described is subject to wide variation and Slat disposed substantially parallel to the longi tudinal center line of the cover member at the bottom of the recess and adapted for the removable insertion of va flexible hose, the chest further comprising a partition member disposed be tween the spaced parallel end members intermediate the spaced parallel front and back members-and adapted to forma storage compartment for the vacuum cleaner at the front of-the chest. subdivision partition members disposed on the opposite side of the partition member between the spaced parallel back member and the partition member intermediate the spaced parallel end members, said subdivision members being biased downwardly and forming different acute angles with the base member to provide storage space for the vacuum cleaner accessories at the back of the chest, the lower ends oi the partition member andthe subdivision partition members terminating in a plane located substantially above ,the base member.

JOHN SERWIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 10,598 Price May 19, 1885v 1,314,915 Trullench Sept. 2, 1919 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 378,069 Germany July 9, 1923 

